NAACP WILL BE JOINING US LIVE AS THE WORLD PAYS TRIBUTE TO A GREAT MAN. AND A RARE MOVE MADE AFTER MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION INTO HOW WEST BLOOMFIELD'S TREASURER IS DOING HER JOB AND 80 PAGE REPORT SAID NOT VERY WELL. WELL, THE TREASURER SAID THAT IT IS POLITICAL. GOING SO FAR AS TO CLOSE HER OFFICE SAYING IT WAS FOR POLITICAL REASONS. OUR MARA MACDONALD SHOWS US HOW THE TOWNSHIP BOARD MADE A MOVE TO GET HER OUT OF OFFICE. CARMEN, STEVE, ONE THING BECAME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR. THE MAJORITY OF THIS TOWNSHIP BOARD HAS NO FAITH IN TREASURER TERRY WEINGARDEN, TO THE POINT THAT SHE CANNOT TELL THEM HOW MUCH INTEREST TOWNSHIP MONEY HAS MADE. MR. BROWN. YES. [VOTING]. MOTION PASSES. WITH THAT VOTE WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP MOVES AHEAD WITH ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO GET RID OF THE ELECTED TREASURER, FOR INCOMPETENCE. IT IS DIFFICULT. I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE, BOARD DOES NOT WANT TO BE HERE. TREASURER DOESN'T WANT TO BE HERE. NOBODY WANTS TO BE HERE. CHARACTERIZING THIS AS A WITCH HUNT, HOWEVER, IS INAPPROPRIATE. AFTER A MONTH LONG INVESTIGATION, INTO HOW BUSINESS IS BEING DONE IN WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP. TREASURE EAR OFFICE. LAW FIRM HIRED TO INVESTIGATE FOUND ISSUES INCLUDING $2 MILLION INVESTMENT DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE THAT DID NOT MEET STATE STANDARDS AND DAILY DUTIES NOT ADEQUATELY PERFORMED. IN MY OPINION, THE TREASURER MIGHT CONSIDER THAT THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT POSITION FOR HER. AND SHE MIGHT CONSIDER STEPPING DOWN. TONIGHT THE CONCERNS OVER HOW TREASURER TERRY WEINGARDEN IS OR IS NOT DOING HER JOB REACHED CRITICAL MASS. WEINGARDEN SAID SHE WOULD NOT GO OVERNIGHT EACH POINT IN THE 80 PAGE REPORT BUT MADE IT CLEAR SHE FEELS IT IS POLITICAL. WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. THEY MAKE MISTAKES TOO. BUT, ISGUESS PLAYING NICE AND BEING FAIR HAS NOT BEEN SERVING ME WELL ON THIS MALICIOUS BOARD. SO GOING FORWARD, AT MEETINGS, I WILL START BRINGING UP SOME OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, NOT BY NAME, AND THE CLERK'S DEPARTMENT NOT BY NAME. BECAUSE, I THINK, THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE FABULOUS BUT THEY MAKE MISTAKES TOO. BACK AT TOWNSHIP HALL, WEINGARDEN SAID SHE HAS NO INTENTION OF STEPPING DOWN AND ASKING THE BOARD TO PAY FOR TAN ATTORNEY TO FIGHT THE REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS. WE ARE IN WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP. MARA MACDONALD, LOCAL 4. WE SHOULD TELL YOU THE BOARD HAS INSTRUCTED ITS ATTORNEYS TO DRAFT THE LANGUAGE TO SEND TO THE GOVERNOR. ASKING FOR THE REMOVAL OF TERRY

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -

West Bloomfield Township's board voted Monday night to ask the governor to get rid of its elected treasurer for incompetence.

"This is difficult. I don't want to be here. The board doesn't want to be here. The treasurer doesn't want to be here. Nobody wants to be here. Characterizing this as a witch hunt, however, is inappropriate," said board trustee Dr. Howard Rosenberg.

After a month-long investigation into how business is being done in the treasurer's office, the law firm hired to investigate found serious issues including a $2 million investment deemed inappropriate -- which did not meet state of Michigan standards -- and daily duties not being adequately performed.

"In my opinion, the treasurer might consider that this is not the right position for her, and she might consider stepping down," said Supervisor Michelle Economou Ureste.

The concerns over how Treasurer Teri Weingarden is or is not doing her job reached critical mass Monday night. Weingarden said she wouldn't go over each point in the 80-page report but made it clear she feels this is political.

"We all make mistakes, and they make mistakes, too. But I guess playing nice and being fair hasn't been serving me well on this very malicious board. So going forward at meetings I'm going to start bringing up some of the concerns I have with the finance department, not by name, and the clerk's department, not by name, because I think those employees are fabulous, but they do make mistakes, too," said Wiengarden.

She has no plan to step down. She is asking the board to pay for an attorney to help her fight the removal proceedings.

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